As President Donald Trump looks to increase the Republican majority in Congress, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun confirmed on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance will come to Indianapolis — likely to make a personal redistricting appeal.
“Whatever we discuss there, and if that topic comes up, it’s exploratory,” Braun said. “There’s been no commitments made.”
The visit is part of a nationwide push to net more Republican seats in the historically narrow U.S. House of Representatives — most notably in Texas, where Trump has said the GOP is “entitled” to more seats.
Indiana redraws congressional boundaries every 10 years with new census numbers, and Hoosier leaders will have to determine if it’s legal to do so early.
Mentioning Texas, Braun said that redistricting outside of the traditional ten-year cycle is “not going to be a calm process,” adding that “we’ll see what happens.”